Promises Unfulfilled: The Politics of School Choice
Amid questioning from parents who cannot find good schools to enroll in, school-choice advocates need to find more and more avenues to advance their mantra, to hold on to it.
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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.
Stepping up for New Orleans workers, on Tuesday’s ballot
“People tell me they’re tired of working for minimum wage and not being able to afford the basics. Elected officials beg for their votes, promising this-and-that, and then disappear to serve the interests of the powerful.”
Helping young people leap hurdles
A group of talented young African American men had little hope that the city could help them - until they learned the ways that the city could change.
Turning schools into ‘miniature fiefdoms’ where leaders feel free to make and break rules
It’s become an all-too-familiar lament in New Orleans that the charter school system lacks accountability and transparency.
The heartbreaking but necessary work of covering school closures
Protecting Louisiana Workers is a Hot Topic
As heat sets new records across the nation, the risks that people face on-the-job are on the rise, especially in summer months.
Our Lives or LNGs?
The right evacuation plan can save lives. Another LNG plant in Plaquemines Parish makes that impossible.
No longer ‘half slave, half free’
Supposedly, the Civil War dismantled the politics that pitted “slave states” against “free states.” And yet the effect of the punishment-exception clause in the Thirteenth Amendment was to not only sanction the preservation of slavery and involuntary servitude, but also to extend it nationwide.
How much lead is in your water?
A New Orleans nonprofit will come to your home and test your household water
We deserve better.
How New Orleans can generate revenue and support small businesses through a city-owned centralized payment-processing system
